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Answer:

The term is Eponym.

Explanation:

  • An eponym is a person or a thing whether its real or fictional after which a person,tribe,era or  other item is named.

Example of eponyms:

  1. Parkinson disease: named after James Parkinson,English physician who first described it in 1817 as a shaking palsy.
  2. Adam, Biblical character -- Adam's apple
  3. Thomas Addison- Addison's disease
  4. Achilles, Greek mythological character- Achilles heel,Achilles tendon